Are you a Massachusetts resident thinking of adopting a pet and thus looking for a Massachusetts animal shelter? Alternately, are you having a crisis with a current pet animal and need to locate a Massachusetts animal shelter to relinquish the pet? There are a large number of animal shelters in Massachusetts and I will show you where you can find a shelter near your home.

One Massachusetts animal shelter you should consider is the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA-Angell) at www.mspca.org. The MSPCA-Angell is the second oldest humane society in the US and was founded in 1868 by George Thorndike Angell. MSPCA-Angell Massachusetts animal shelter actually has 8 animal care and adoption centers in these cities: Boston, 2 in Methuen, Centerville, Nantucket, Edgartown, Brockton and Springfield. Also it has an Angell Animal Medical Center located in Boston and Nantucket. You can view the animals they have for adoption at all their facilities at their website and learn what to do if you are having a crisis with your current pet.

Another Massachusetts animal shelter to look into is the Second Chance Animal Shelter at www.secondchanceanimals.org. Second Chance Animal Shelter is a non-profit shelter located in East Brookfield, MA. Their goal is to make sure that they place adopted animals in permanent loving homes therefore they have an adoption process that may take a few days to complete. You can view the list of animals they have available for adoption at their website and start the adoption process by filling out an online application. They also have a Massachusetts animal shelter list of 75 shelters throughout the state on the following page: www.secondchanceanimals.org/localshelters.htm.

Petfinder at www.petfinder.com is another Massachusetts animal shelter resource site that you can check out to find a shelter in your area. They are the premier website on the Internet that connects pet adoptees and animal shelters that are in need of adopting out their animals. The site is enormous with over a quarter million pets available for adoption and over eleven thousand pet rescue and pet adoption organizations listed. In making a quick search for Massachusetts animal shelter organizations I found a list of 234 matching organizations. The search feature is simple to use yet powerful enough to let you find a Massachusetts animal shelter within miles of where you live. You can find every conceivable type of pet that exists and a shelter organization that houses that pet at the click of a mouse.

This article has provided you with several high quality sources that will find a Massachusetts animal shelter within miles of your home. I hope your need to locate a shelter is to adopt a pet and not to relinquish one. Regardless of your situation, the animal shelter system is set up to help you in both cases.